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Leviticus 25:39-40

Context

25:39 “‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service. 1  25:40 He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; 2  he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,

Leviticus 25:43

Context
25:43 You must not rule over him harshly, 3  but you must fear your God.

1 tn Heb “you shall not serve against him service of a slave.” A distinction is being made here between the status of slave and indentured servant.

2 tn See the note on Lev 25:6 above.

3 tn Heb “You shall not rule in him in violence”; cf. NASB “with severity”; NIV “ruthlessly.”



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